> I posted the information on "rem acu" to the Society Of Archer-
> Antiquaries Forum and asked if anyone knew when it was used for
> archery. I think it would be great if it had period usage. But,
> even if it does not. I think it should be introduced into our SCA
> archery vocabulary. It could have been used in period by anyone that
> read Plautus.
>
> Jon
>
> On Dec 5, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Eadric Anstapa wrote:
>
>>
>> E. Cobham Brewer 1810--1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
>>
>> *Rem Acu.
>> * You have hit the mark; you have hit the nail on the head. /Rem acu
>> tetigisti/ (Plautus). A phrase in archery, meaning, You have hit the
>> white, or the bull's-eye.
>> "'/Rem acu/ once again,' said Sir Piercie."---/The Monastery,/
>> chap. xvi
>>
>> Evidently the Latin /Rem acu tetigisti/ means most closely 'You have
>> touched it exactly' or 'You have touched it sharply' or 'You have
>> touched it with a needle' and used used the same way we might today
>> use
>> "You have hit the nail on the head".
>>
>> Evidently there was a time in English archery circles "Rem Acu" was
>> the equivalent of a fencer crying "touché"
>>
>> -EA
>>

Fritz

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When John edgerton put fingers to keys it was 12/6/07 12:39 AM...

> I posted the information on "rem acu" to the Society Of Archer-
> Antiquaries Forum and asked if anyone knew when it was used for
> archery. I think it would be great if it had period usage. But,
> even if it does not. I think it should be introduced into our SCA
> archery vocabulary. It could have been used in period by anyone that
> read Plautus.

"They had it, they might have used it."
I like it, a nice change from: "If they had had it, they'd have used it."

:)

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Fritz
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J. Hughes

Ok. An archer reading Pautus gets my attention. I am working on comedia right now and have come accross a woodcut of Brugel showing a comedia troop with a

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Ok. An archer reading Pautus gets my attention. I am working on comedia right now and have come accross a woodcut of Brugel showing a comedia troop with a crossbowman on stage. I would give almost anything to know more about what was going on.

Indeed. Apparently a fairly common Latin phrase. My Cassell's has
it (under "acus", a needle, bodkin) as "acu rem tangere" -- "to hit
the nail on the head".

I've just been reading Plautus as it happens. I'll have to search
for in which of his plays the phrase you have quoted occurs.

Thanks for posting this!

James
jotl@ridgecrest. ca.us

On Dec 5, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Eadric Anstapa wrote:

>
> E. Cobham Brewer 1810--1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
>
> *Rem Acu.
> * You have hit the mark; you have hit the nail on the head. /Rem acu
> tetigisti/ (Plautus). A phrase in archery, meaning, You have hit the
> white, or the bull's-eye.
> "'/Rem acu/ once again,' said Sir Piercie."--- /The Monastery,/
> chap. xvi
>
> Evidently the Latin /Rem acu tetigisti/ means most closely 'You have
> touched it exactly' or 'You have touched it sharply' or 'You have
> touched it with a needle' and used used the same way we might today
> use
> "You have hit the nail on the head".
>
> Evidently there was a time in English archery circles "Rem Acu" was
> the equivalent of a fencer crying "touché"
>
> -EA
>
>
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> Ok. An archer reading Pautus gets my attention. I am working on comedia
> right now and have come accross a woodcut of Brugel showing a comedia troop with
> a crossbowman on stage. I would give almost anything to know more about what
> was going on.
>
> Charles O'Connor
>
>

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The crossbow man was a special assistant to the director. If an
actor blew their lines, he shot them.

Jon

On Dec 6, 2007, at 6:46 AM, J. Hughes wrote:

> Ok. An archer reading Pautus gets my attention. I am working on
> comedia right now and have come accross a woodcut of Brugel showing
> a comedia troop with a crossbowman on stage. I would give almost
> anything to know more about what was going on.
>
> Charles O'Connor

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Fritz

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When J. Hughes put fingers to keys it was 12/6/07 9:46 AM...

> Ok. An archer reading Pautus gets my attention. I am working on
> comedia right now and have come accross a woodcut of Brugel showing a
> comedia troop with a crossbowman on stage. I would give almost
> anything to know more about what was going on.
>
> Charles O'Connor

And I play with i Sebastiani and am wildly curious about this woodcut.

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Fritz
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